# Leni Lynn

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{{Short description|American actress (1923–2010)}}

{{Infobox person
| name               = Leni Lynn
| image              = 
| imagesize          = 
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = Angelica Ciofani
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1923|5|3}}
| birth_place        = [Waterbury, Connecticut](/source/Waterbury%2C_Connecticut)
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2010|1|1|1923|5|3}}
| death_place        = [Croton-on-Hudson, New York](/source/Croton-on-Hudson%2C_New_York)
| other_names        = Leni Hoffer
| occupation         = Actress, singer
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| spouse             = 
| website            = 
| parents            = Francesco Ciofani<br />Carmelita Ciofani
}}

'''Leni Lynn''' (born '''Angelina Ciofani'''; May 3, 1923 – January 1, 2010)<ref name="opa">{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. III |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010 |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786441754 |page=254 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LH_GCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Leni+Lynn%22&pg=PA254 |access-date=20 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> was an American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Leni Lynn |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba47d6c5b |website=Film Forever |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712193204/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba47d6c5b |archive-date=12 July 2019}}</ref> and a contralto singer.<ref name="dn">{{cite news |title=10,000 Dimes Help Her |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24679350/leni_lynn/ |work=Daily News |date=September 6, 1938 |location=New York, New York City |page=4|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|access-date = October 19, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> She was also known as '''Leni Hoffer'''.<ref name=opa/>

The daughter of a [Passaic](/source/Passaic_County%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey), dye-goods factory worker, Francesco Ciofani, and his wife, Carmelita, who worked in a dress factory,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wagner |first1=Laura |title=Leni Lynn: Passaic's Singing Cinderella |journal=Classic Images |date=July 2019 |issue=529 |pages=6, 8–15}}</ref><ref> "Leni of the Movies Re-visits the Old Home Town," PM, Nov. 15, 1940 </ref> Lynn learned to sing by listening to recordings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swisher |first1=Clare |title=It's a Great Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24679155/leni_lynn/ |work=Altoona Tribune |date=August 1, 1939 |location=Pennsylvania, Altoona |page=4|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|access-date = October 19, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> When she was 13, friends and neighbors in Pasaic contributed 10,000 dimes to send her to [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles) to try for success in films. On September 6, 1938, she received a contract from [MGM](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).<ref name="dn" />

Lynn was married four times.<ref name="opa" /> In 1942, she married British insurance executive Edward Thomas Hopkin; they divorced on March 23, 1949.<ref>{{cite news |title=Husband Divorces U.S. Opera Singer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24680403/leni_lynn/ |work=Oakland Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=March 23, 1949 |location=California, Oakland |page=23|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|access-date = October 19, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> Her last husband, composer and conductor [Bernard Hoffer](/source/Bernard_Hoffer), survived her.<ref name="opa" />

On January 1, 2010, Lynn died of complications of a stroke in [Croton-on-Hudson](/source/Croton-on-Hudson%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)). She was 86.<ref name="opa" />

==Selected filmography==
* ''[Babes in Arms](/source/Babes_in_Arms_(film))'' (1939)
* ''[Hullabaloo](/source/Hullabaloo_(film))'' (1940)
* ''[Angels with Broken Wings](/source/Angels_with_Broken_Wings)'' (1941)
* ''[Heaven Is Round the Corner](/source/Heaven_Is_Round_the_Corner)'' (1944)
* ''[Give Me the Stars](/source/Give_Me_the_Stars)'' (1945)
* ''[Gaiety George](/source/Gaiety_George)'' (1946)
* ''[Spring Song](/source/Spring_Song_(1946_film))'' (1946)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography|New Jersey|Music|Film}} 
*{{IMDb name|0528748}}

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Category:1923 births
Category:2010 deaths
Category:American film actresses
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players
Category:Actresses from Waterbury, Connecticut
Category:People from Croton-on-Hudson, New York
Category:Actresses from New York (state)
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American women

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